variants also nannie
as in nurse
a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children wrote a memoir recounting her days as a nanny for the rich and often indiscreet

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Recent Examples of nanny Perfect as a nanny cam, pet monitor, or for home security, this discreet device can be controlled through an app on your phone. Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024 Each of the five bedroom pavilions is like its own mini apartment, with one of them set up to host up to four kids plus a nanny. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2024 The film also starred Colin Firth as a widower who requires a nanny to look after his unruly offspring. Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024 My one complaint — aside from the aforementioned CGI Bear nanny in the flashback to Elphaba’s birth, a waste of the great Sharon D. Clarke — is that Ariana Grande seems a little overwhelmed by all the noise around her. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nanny 

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“Nanny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nanny. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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